{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Cryptolepis (plant) |species = sinensis |authority = (Lour.) Merr. |synonyms = {{species list |hidden = yes |Emericia sinensis |(Lour.) Roem. & Schult. |Pergularia sinensis |Lour. |Vallaris sinensis |(Lour.) G.Don |Aganosma edithae |Hance |Apocynum orixense |Rottler ex Hook.f. |Cryptolepis edithae |(Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim. |Cryptolepis elegans |Wall. ex G.Don |Cryptolepis elegans var. ciliata |Pierre ex Costantin |Cryptolepis laxiflora |Blume |Cryptolepis pauciflora |Wight |Cryptolepis sinensis var. ciliata |(Costantin) P.H.Hô |Echites pauciflorus |Rottler ex Hook.f. |Nerium pauciflorum |Roxb. ex Hook.f. |Periploca chinensis |Spreng. |Streptocaulon chinense |(Spreng.) G.Don |Strophanthus divaricatus |Wall. ex G.Don}} |synonyms_ref =<ref name=POWO/> }}
'''''Cryptolepis sinensis''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Apocynaceae''.<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95952-1 |title= Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=July 3, 2025}}</ref><ref name=COL>{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6BM4X |title= Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=July 3, 2025}}</ref> It is native to Taiwan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan) and southeast Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam).<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018530 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 193 <big>白叶藤</big> bai ye teng ''Cryptolepis sinensis'' (Loureiro) Merrill, Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 254. 1920.]</ref>
''Cryptolepis sinensis'' is one of the food sources for the common crow (''Euploea core''), a common butterfly found in South Asia. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network – (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06].
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Category:Periplocoideae Category:Flora of the Indomalayan realm Category:Flora of China Category:Flora of Taiwan Category:Flora of tropical Asia Category:Plants described in 1920 Category:Taxa named by João de Loureiro
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